IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 1970s: DISASTER MOVIES!

IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 1970s: DISASTER MOVIES! Hey! Remember what it was like going to the movies on a Saturday? Always looking in the back of the Friday newspaper to find out what new movies are playing? Well, take a cinematic journey with me, as I remember going to movies as a boy and reflect on one of my most favorite of movie decades, the 1970s, and the era of the blockbuster disaster film genre. Featuring of course the, "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen and his contributions to one of the best film genres of the 20th century. Featuring the ALL-STAR Movie casts! Starting off with the classic, "Airport" in 1970 to "The Poseidon Adventure" "The Towering Inferno" "Airport 1975" "The Hindenburg" "The Cassandra Crossing" "Airport 77" "The Swarm" "Beyond of the Poseidon Adventure" and "When Time Ran Out" plus some bonus movies that you may or may not have heard of!

Narration by Thomas Jordan
Music Created specifically for this documentary by Udio

[richardblayneamerican]

The Poseidon Adventure is my favorite. My high school girlfriend and I took the train to Chicago's Loop on New Year's Eve to see it at the State Lake Theater. It was perfect; the movie takes place on New Year's too. The theater was packed and the audience loved it. When we walked out of the theater, it was about 11 p.m., and the street was filled with crowds waiting for midnight and the new year. What a great experience!

[jefferysteen]

The Towering Inferno was my favorite!!Just a classic movie!!

[johnjames-glover]

Giant sharks, earthquakes, fires, aeroplane and ship disasters - they threw it all at us in the 70s, and we loved it!

[paulh]

I grew up in that era and decided that if I ever saw George Kennedy board a plane I was on, I would get the hell off!

[TR-wmsg]

I was born in 1969 and grew up watching these movies when they made it to TV. Absolutely loved The Towering Inferno and Earthquake. I remember one night on TV they showed a double feature of "Earthquake" followed by 1976's "Flood!". Best night of the 70s, lol.

[gerardflynn]

Disaster movies of the 70's were much better than the disaster movies of the present.

[jimbotron]

Actually the best decade for disaster movies.

[Julie-pum]

My best friend and I saw The Poseidon Adventure at the drive-in (remember those?)and we were on the edge of our seats the whole time!! It still holds up today!

[iamgod]

For those of us who saw all these movies, and their accompanying music and songs in the 70's, todays generations will never understand how they effected our psyche. Todays movies just don't seem to cut it despite their brilliant special effects. Disaster Movies in the 70's drew huge crowds into the Cinemas that Todays Theatres could only dream of.😊

[chuckselvage]

The Poseidon Adventure great film full of good actors. Never forgot the end where the priest (Hackman) sacrifices himself to save the others. Miss the old 70s films.

[KennethStringer]

Grew up watching all of these, loved your walk down memory lane. A couple more honorable mention. The 1969 film 'Marooned', and the 1977 film 'Black Sunday'.

[mlee]

That was the best time as a kid growing up with those movies.

[riinak]

I remember "Airplane" being a terrific send-up of thia whole genre. Excellent stuff.

[mtalentagency]

When my parents took my brothers and I to see The Cassandra Crossing, I thought it was going to be a snooze fest.

I loved it! All the disaster movies of the 70's were awesome.

[markcampbell]

I talked my mother and stepfather to take me to see Posiden Adventure in the theater.
I was 8 or 9 years old and loved every moment of it.

[leandromv]

The Poseidon Adventure is my favorite still today. It traumatized me as a child but loved it at the same time.

[janmcguire]

I’ve seen most of them. I love disaster movies, even hokey made for tv ones.

[jeaniegodbey]

My mom took 13 year old me and my 10 year old brother to see Airport 75. The entire theater was silent watching in anticipation for Chuck Heston to enter the hole in the cockpit to save the day. Just before the theater can all cheer when Heston successfully enters, mom calls out loudly, "Way to go, Moses!" Instead of cheering the theater erupts in laughter.

[alexgeorge]

To quote from the black book of Disaster movie director Frank Kincaid:
"Rule #22: Only one person knows how to avert a disaster, but nobody ever believes them."
"Rule #101: Explosions are good, slow-motion explosions are better."
"Rule #32: Never kill a house pet."
"Rule #14: The annoying guy always dies."

[AlisonMiller-or]

Towering Inferno is one of my
Steve McQueen and Paul Newman in the same film, can't get better than that!